In case you haven't heard, Kelly Wiese is a total rock star. She makes incredible vintage-inspired jewelry dripping with crystals, and Beadwork magazine was lucky enough to land her as our Artist of the Month! We have four brand-new videos featuring...

So you've registered for your local holiday craft fair, and you have a nice inventory of jewelry pieces ready to sell. You're all set, right? Well, maybe not . . . . How much time have you spent thinking about how to display your jewelry? In retail...

One of my beadweaving friends recently had a baby. I wanted to make her a small gift that would showcase her love of beads and would be fairly quick to make. Seed beads and babies don't mix well, so I knew anything I made had to be sturdy and kept...

I love beaded flowers, as you've probably noticed from the photos in two recent posts (" 10 Ways to Tackle the Tassel Trend " and " Create a Seed Bead Flower Accent for Gift Packaging "). I have a feeling I'm not the only one...

Are you ready for the annual 30-Day Bead Challenge? Each day in March, Fusion Beads celebrates National Craft Month by offering a series of creative prompts. The challenge begins with "Make a cute pair of earrings" on March 1 and ends with "Go...

One of my 2013 New Year's beading resolutions was to learn how to bead with Kumihimo. Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique worked on a round loom tool called a marudai. Alas, I ran out of time at the end of the year and never did learn the craft...

As much as I enjoy making jewelry, I'm always looking for new ways to use seed beads. I love pretty gift packaging, so I've been playing around with ways to adorn packages with bits of beadweaving. I'm especially excited about this idea because...

This is the second blog post in a series of interviews with the new Beadwork Designers of the Year. You met Christina Neit earlier this month. Now meet Leslee Frumin. Interviews with Laura Andrews and the design team Liisa Turunen and Glenda Paunonen...

Back in January, after two months of working as Beadwork's associate editor, I decided I was ready to jump on the beading bandwagon. Based on advice from Kate Wilson, Beadwork's project editor, I wanted a project that used mainly peyote stitch...

What makes a particular design resonate with people? I'm always excited whenever a new Beadwork issue hits the streets, because I love the feedback our readers give us about which projects they're trying. In the October/November issue, the project...

After recently letting a friend borrow my new DVD on shaped beads, she asked me to recommend a few projects that use these beads. I immediately thought the list I complied for her would be great for a blog as I know she's not the first person who...